It makes sense when you think about it.
Forget any methods you thought would stop your child from developing an allergy to peanuts. Because a study carried out by King’s College London has found a new (and controversial) way to stop a peanut allergy from developing.
It suggests that babies as young as four-months-old should be given peanuts in the form of peanut butter or peanut snacks in a bid to reverse the allergy.
This is contradictory to what paediatricians and allergy specialists have long said, commonly warning parents to keep their children away from peanuts in their early years.
But the research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine and shows that peanut allergies can be significantly reduced if babies are given peanuts as soon as they begin eating solids.
The Learning Early About Peanut Allergy study tested 640 children aged 4-11 months who were considered as high risk for developing a peanut allergy. (They had severe eczema and/or were allergic to eggs.)
According to The Guardian, “Until the age of five, half the children were given foods containing peanuts three times a week, while the families of the rest avoided giving their child peanuts.”
